Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-12-22

Ike Weir easily fought al! around Tom
my Warren. but the referee calls it a draw.
The additional particulars OF the fire at
Washington, Oak, by which the wife and
six children OF Michael Harris, were burn
ed to death, are very shocking. Seeing the
peril that all were in Mr.. Harris jumped
from a second story window and called to
Parr, A brother of Mrs. Harris, to throw
the children out to him. At this moment
Mrs. Harris tossed the baby to her hus-
band who caught and saved it. Simultane-
ously Parr jumped out. He was also FOL
lowed by the oldest son Mrs. Harris
then turned away u moment to get anoth-
er child 10 throw to her husband, but at
that moment the house fell in. and buried
her and the six children in a fiery tomb.
Nothing could be lone to rescue them.
The fire caught in the lower part OF the
house, burned away the timbers n let
the upper story, with the roof, fall On the
heads OF the mother and six children. The
father and the Others who had escaped
could distinctly hear the shrieks OF those
in the ruins, yet were powerless to give re-
lief.
At Hartford, Robert E. Beecher, secre-
tary OF the Continental Life Insurance
and Isaac w. Hakes, chief clerk
of the company were arrested for making
lfaiNC ID w NNS
The numerous suits instituted against
the members and adherents OF the Tweed
ring many years ago by the city, to recover
the none paid them on fraudulent
vouchers, viii o o be dismissed.
o. j. Dial & Co., grocers aud bakers,
and Mrs. II. Gilman, milliner, assigned at
Helena, Mon. Dial & Co.'s liabilities are
about ., 200; assets. 81, 200. The princi.
pal creditors are Helena parties. Mrs.
Gilman's liabilities are So, 600, and assets
about the same.
The arrests so far made in connection
with the tally sheet forgery indictments at
Columbus, o., are: Algernon Granville, Chi
cago; Thomas j. Cogan, Cincinnati; Fred
Stuebe, Robert and G. r. Montgomery,
Columbus. Each has furnished honda. It
is understood that Allen o. Myers and G..
+. Blackburn OF Cincinnati are also in.
dicted but have not been arrested.
DR.. Morrison Mumford, editor OF the
Kansas City Times, was assaulted by Ed
Corrigan, the horseman, and badly beaten.
Mumford, at last date, was hunting Cor
rigan with a pistol. The cause Of the as
sault is supposed to be an editorial pub
lished in the Times on Nov. 8, in which
Corrigan was numerically scored for his
attack the previous day on Thomas Mos
GER, a Times reporter. Moscer has just re-
covered from the beating he received then
and civil action is o pending against
Corrigan.
Tommy Danforth, the feather-weight
champion, and Billy Weldon fought in a
hotel in Westchoster, n. Y. The light only
lasted two rounds, and at the end OF that
time Weldon was lying unconscious on the
floor.
The funeral OF Madame BoueicauIt in
Paris, was attended by all the employees of
the Bon Marche. Her will dsyotes S3,-
600, 600 in legacies Of from $50 to SO, 900
to those employees who lave been in her
tons for young worknien; 5000, 600 to the
Home for Convalescent Employees; $780,
900 to NJ. Pasteur, and numerous large
requests for charitable purposes, including
$50, 900 for the poor OF Paris.
Mr.. Randall, according to one oil his
friends, viii pursue "A very different policy
in the matter of liberal appropriations.
As to appropriations for coast defenses, he
will that the time has come when
liberal appropriations should be made.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
says; 'It is not unlikely that the Postal
Telegraph company will follow the Balti.
more n 0hio's example OF submitting to
absorption by the Western Union monopo-
~.
Tirard has formed a cabinet, as follows:
Tirard, president OF the council, minister
OF finance N minister OF posts and tele-
graph, Fallieres. minister OF justice; Flour
ems, foreign affairs; Sarrien, interior; Dau.
tresme, commerce; Loubet, public works;
De Many, marine; Viette, agriculture; Faye,
public instruction; Logerot. war. Tirard,
Fallieres, Faye, De Many, Loubet and
Dautresme belong to the Union OF the Left,
and Sarrien and Viette belong to the more
advanced group. Flourens aud Gen. Log.
e~rotare not members of the chamber ofdep-
uties.
Persons well posted in diplomatic mat.
tiers say that negotiations are pending be.
tween this country and Mexico for a treaty
which will provide for an international
coin or silver certificate for exchanges be-
tween the two countries.
NJ. Sadi-Carnot, the new preside emit OF the
French republic, whose name IS ~pronounc.
ed as il it were spelled "Sardy-C arno," il
fifty years old. His full name is Marie
Francois Sadi-C arnot, and he is called
Sadi-Carnot to distinguish him from hts
father, who was somewhat famous as an
author and Oriental scholar.
The Official Military Gazette OF Austria
gives q history of recent German and Aus.
trian military operations, and saws: All
those preparations are meaningless except
in view OF offensive tactics, and show that
Austria under the semblance Of defense is
at the same time preparing to invade Rus.
STA simultaneously with her ally. Not,
outstanding the manifest danger, Russia
considers that q European war would be
a treble misfortune to all mankind. She
was the first who, amid her neighbors'
feverish arnaments, did not increase but
decreased her defensive forces.
During the sitting OF court in London
Chief Justic Co~leridge suddenly, without
seeaking, rose and staggered to the doc,
OF the court room, creating quite a sensa,
ton among those present. Several physi
clans who fortunately were near by wer,
summoned and hastily vent to Lord Cole.
ridges assistance. They soon discovered
that Rsmall ~lozenge had become lodged II
his throat, and refusing to go up or down
was causing its victim acute pain and
great difficulty in breathing. Thoupl
nearly strangled. he was quickly relieved
] ircm this annoyance, and returning *
the bench, proceeded with the case.